Hobo Attacked

The Denison review. (Denison, Iowa) September 01, 1915,

HOBO” JUNGLES
SCENE OF SCRAP
Young Man Badly Cut Up by Fellow
Hobo Sunday Forenoon at Camp
Near Northwestern Station
GUILTY ONE MAKES ESCAPE
Injured Man Taken to Hospital, Where
He Is Being Cared for—Says ..
Home Is in Seattle.
A young man tramping through the
country was laid up at the local hos
pital as the result of a stabbing affair
.which occurred in the “hobo jungle,”
vvftich is located just west of the
Northwestern round house on Sunday
afternoon. The young man was bad
ly cut up by a fellow tramp and his
condition was so serious it was found
necessary to place him in the hospital
lor treatment.
It seems that a party of six or eight
hoboes were camping out in the “ho
bo jungle” and had made great prep
arations for a Sunday dinner, having
purchased meat, anil all the necessities
at local stores Saturday evening. The
dinner was being prepared on an im
provised stove and was about ready to
serve when two of the tramps
gaged in a friendly souffle and acci
dentally overturned the dinner. This
resulted in a general mixup and he-*
fore it ended the young man was bad
ly cut up by one of the tramps who
did not propose to be beaten out of a
square meal without causing trouble.
After the affair one of the tramps went
lo a telephone and called up .Marshal
Weeks and Officer Burk. who hurried
to the scene. They found the young l’el
low covered with blood and in a very
weakened condition. After arranging
for his being brought up town the
endeavored to find the person who had
committed the crime, but unfortunate
ly he made his escape.
The young man is getting along as
well as can be expected and doubtless
will be able to leave the hospital with
in a few days. He states that his
home is at Seattle, Wash., where lie
has a father and mother living. His
parents are very well to do, but as
he was unable to get along with the
he decided to make his own way in
the world and started east.

HOBO” JUNGLES
SCENE OF SCRAP
Young Man Badly Cut Up by Fellow
Hobo Sunday Forenoon at Camp
Near Northwestern Station
GUILTY ONE MAKES ESCAPE
Injured Man Taken to Hospital, Where He Is Being Cared for—Says ..
Home Is in Seattle.
A young man tramping through the
country was laid up at the local hos
pital as the result of a stabbing affair
.which occurred in the “hobo jungle,”
vvftich is located just west of the
Northwestern round house on Sunday
afternoon. The young man was bad
ly cut up by a fellow tramp and his
condition was so serious it was found
necessary to place him in the hospital
lor treatment.
It seems that a party of six or eight
hoboes were camping out in the “ho
bo jungle” and had made great prep
arations for a Sunday dinner, having
purchased meat, anil all the necessities
at local stores Saturday evening. The
dinner was being prepared on an im
provised stove and was about ready to
serve when two of the tramps
gaged in a friendly souffle and acci
dentally overturned the dinner. This
resulted in a general mixup and he-*
fore it ended the young man was bad
ly cut up by one of the tramps who
did not propose to be beaten out of a
square meal without causing trouble.
After the affair one of the tramps went
lo a telephone and called up .Marshal
Weeks and Officer Burk. who hurried
to the scene. They found the young l’el
low covered with blood and in a very
weakened condition. After arranging
for his being brought up town the
endeavored to find the person who had
committed the crime, but unfortunate
ly he made his escape.
The young man is getting along as
well as can be expected and doubtless
will be able to leave the hospital with
in a few days. He states that his
home is at Seattle, Wash., where lie
has a father and mother living. His
parents are very well to do, but as
he was unable to get along with the
he decided to make his own way in
the world and started east.